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Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma

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Country
  
Italy

Phone
  
+39 06 49891

Opened
  
14 March 1876

Function
  
Library

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma

Type
  
Public, National library.

Established
  
1876 (141 years ago) (1876)

Location
  
Via Castro Pretorio 105, Rome

Size
  
7,000,000 books, 10,000 drawings, 20,000 maps, 25,000 16th century editions, 8,000 manuscripts, 2,000 Incunabula.

Access requirements
  
Open to anyone of 18 years or older

Address
  
Viale Castro Pretorio, 105, 00185 Roma, Italy

Hours
  
Open today · 8:30AM–7PMWednesday8:30AM–7PMThursday8:30AM–7PMFriday8:30AM–7PMSaturday8:30AM–1:30PMSundayClosedMonday8:30AM–7PMTuesday8:30AM–7PM

Similar
  
National Central Library, Biblioteca Angelica, Biblioteca Casanatense, Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio E, Vatican Library

La stanza di elsa morante alla biblioteca nazionale centrale di roma


The Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma (Rome National Central Library), in Rome, is one of two central national libraries of Italy, along with Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze in Florence. In total, 9 national libraries exist, out of 46 state libraries.

Contents

The library's mission is to collect and preserve all the publications in Italy and the most important foreign works, especially those related to Italy, and make them available to anyone. The collection currently includes more than 7,000,000 printed volumes, 2,000 incunabula, 25,000 cinquecentine (16th century books), 8,000 manuscripts, 10,000 drawings, 20,000 maps, and 1,342,154 brochures.

Pinocchio alla nazionale prima parte


History

The Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma was inaugurated on 14 March 1876 inside the Collegio Romano, once site of the Jesuit's Bibliotheca Secreta, which set up the initial core of the new library. One century later the library moved to the today's location. The current building was designed by architects Massimo Castellazzi, Tullio Dell'Anese and Annibale Vitellozzi and opened in January 1975.

References

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma Wikipedia